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    What Z77 board should I get?

    Well, I just cleared some funds so am able to upgrade from my Z68-UD3H-B3 to the Z77 platform.
    Budget is around 160 ~. Will be for overclocking of-course.

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    Thanks guys.

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    Re: What Z77 board should I get?

    Stick with what you have??

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    Re: What Z77 board should I get?

    Stick with what you have, its pretty much the same chipset except the Z77 has some USB3.0 features and PCI-E 3.0. So unless you run dual graphics card there isn't much point

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    Re: What Z77 board should I get?

    It's quite featureless for me to be honest. Also, doesn't seem to like OC'ing anything (have tried 3 chips on it and above certain volts it just doesn't like to boot as high as I go).
    For example tried a chip on a maximus was able to get 5.0ghz on a 2500k at 1.42v. tried it on this board and it would only boot with 1.65v through it, so thats mainly why.
    And it's nice to have something different for a change anyway.
    Was looking at Z77 Mpower. What do you guys think

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    Re: What Z77 board should I get?

    Quote Originally Posted by SnowDefault View Post
    Was looking at Z77 Mpower. What do you guys think
    Not worth it. Stick with what you have.

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    Re: What Z77 board should I get?

    M-power mate

    best board under £150, your UD3 is poop mate

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    Re: What Z77 board should I get?

    I know right .
    £135 on scan tbh.

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    Re: What Z77 board should I get?

    I gots M power loves it it'll give your CPU a right kick up the arse

    I would say dont bother as the few % performance increase aint worth £140 odd - but clearly you value performance.

    Butuz

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    Re: What Z77 board should I get?

    Save up a little more and swap to Haswell, performance increase between Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge is not big enough to justify the upgrade. IMHO.

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    Re: What Z77 board should I get?

    Sounds like that 160 is burning a hole in your pocket Put it in a savings account and wait for Haswell next year or so.

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    Re: What Z77 board should I get?

    i've got a gigabyte ud5h
    no problems so far

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